NovelGoldChapter 35 After lunch, Clifford and Laird brought Jeanette with them to the sophomore homeroom-Class 8.
As soon as the class rep spotted their group lingering in the hallway, she ducked back into the classroom.
"Citrine Carmichael, wake up!" She gave Citrine a rough shake, not bothering to be gentle.
Jolted awake from her mid-day nap, Citrine blinked at her, startled and a little dazed.
Sybil wasn't angry, but somehow she still felt nervous under Citrine's steady gaze. For a moment, her mind went blank, and she forgot what she was supposed to say.
After an awkward pause, Citrine finally broke the silence.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"You're interrupting my nap," she said flatly, her tone as cold as if she were talking to a stranger.
Sybil felt a pang of discomfort at the brush-off. She pointed out the window toward the group waiting outside and mumbled, "I just wanted to tell you-someone's here to see you." Citrine followed her gaze, and her expression instantly soured. Everyone knew she'd cut ties with the Iverson family, and now this girl was acting as their messenger-her motivations weren't hard to guess.
"Can't you see I'm sleeping? Not going," Citrine replied, blunt and dismissive.
Sybil hadn't expected her to be so difficult. She looked wounded. "Why are you being like this? That's really hurtful." Citrine nearly laughed at that, her irritation barely concealed. "Sensitive much?" she shot back, voice dripping with sarcasm.
"What?" Sybil was genuinely confused.
Citrine let out a short, sharp laugh. "I don't even know you. How am I supposed to act around you? Bow and scrape?" Sybil stared at her in disbelief. "You don't know who I am?" They were in the sclass, after all-and Sybil was the class rep, for heaven's sake. She felt as if her pride had been stomped into the ground.
"Who are you, exactly?" Citrine searched her memory but cup completely blank.
Her words drew a round of laughter from the classmates nearby.
Ignoring the commotion, Citrine lay her head back on the desk, ready to drift off again.
Fuming, Sybil shot an apologetic shrug at the people waiting outside, signaling that she'd tried her best.
Outside the classroom, Clifford's patience finally snapped. He strode in, not bothering with pleasantries, and grabbed the thickest book he could find from a nearby desk. He hurled it straight at Citrine.
She shot up from her seat just as the book clipped her temple, the spine cutting her skin. Blood began to trickle down the side of her face-a shocking sight.
"Oh my God, she's bleeding!" someone gasped.
But Citrine acted as if she hadn't even noticed, her calm almost unnerving. By all rights, she should have been furious, but not a hint of emotion showed on her face. Even when she wasn't smiling, she never looked harsh or volatile-she didn't seem like the kind of person who would lose her temper.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut then, in the blink of an eye, something no one expected happened.
Right in front of everyone, Citrine drove her foot hard into Clifford's chest.
He hadn't seen it coming. The blow sent him crashing backward into the sharp edge of a desk, grimacing in pain, completely humiliated.
Citrine actually smiled.
"I've already severed ties with the Iverson family," she said, her voice cold and clear: "If you charassingagain, I won't hesitate to put you on the floor every time."
Clifford felt like his ribs might crack, but before he could recover, Citrine stepped forward and stomped down hard onto his chest, grinding her heel in for emphasis. She leaned in, voice low and icy. "Let this be a lesson." Her tone was calm, but the force behind her actions was anything but she looked ready to grind him into dust.
Clifford used every ounce of strength he had, but he couldn't budge her foot an inch. In that moment, he understood just how much Citrine despised him.
The whole exchange happened so quickly that everyone was left m stunned. No one had imagined that, for all her calm demeanor, Citrine could hit back-and hit hard.
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